Collection Highlights
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Luce Center
Cigarette silk
Object name
Cigarette silk
Date
1890-1920
Medium
Cloth
Dimensions
3 x 2 1/2 in.
Description
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color cartoon featuring the "Zira Girls" with women's heads and cigarette bodies. This cartoon is entitled "The Smile Coaxers" and shows two Zira girls labeled "Rose" and "Estelle" being chased by men with the caption "Rose: Run! Estelle, run! Those men are Zira smokers." Printed "Zira Cigarettes" at the bo